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Allison Dysart

Canadian politician, lawyer and judge

Summary

Canadian politician, lawyer and judge

Field	Value
name	A. Allison Dysart
image	Allison Dysart newspaper1938.png
caption	Dysart, pictured in a 1938 newspaper
order	22nd Premier of New Brunswick
term_start	July 16, 1935
term_end	March 13, 1940
predecessor	Leonard P. D. Tilley
successor	John B. McNair
monarch	George V
Edward VIII
George VI
lieutenant_governor	Murray MacLaren
William G. Clark
office1	MLA for Kent
term_start1	February 24, 1917
term_end1	March 13, 1940
predecessor1	Thomas-Jean Bourque
David-Vital Landry
successor1	J. Killeen McKee
alongside1	Philias J. Melanson, Auguste Bordage, R. G. Richard, François G. Richard, Isaie Melanson
birth_date
birth_place	Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada
death_date
death_place	Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
party	Liberal
spouse
children	1 son and 2 daughters
alma_mater	Ontario Agricultural College
Dalhousie Law School
occupation	lawyer and judge
profession	politician

Edward VIII George VI William G. Clark David-Vital Landry Dalhousie Law School |}} Albert Allison Dysart (March 22, 1880 – December 8, 1962) was a New Brunswick politician, lawyer and judge.

Life

Dysart was born in Cocagne, New Brunswick and had an ancestry of Scottish and English Loyalist. Initially having an interest in farming, he graduated from the University of St. Joseph's College in Memramcook where he got a Master of Arts, and received further education at the Ontario Agricultural College. Years later, Dysart would enter Dalhousie Law School and in 1914 he was called to the bar, setting up practice in Bouctouche. He was elected to the provincial legislature in 1917 and served as Speaker from 1921 to 1925 and served briefly as Minister of Lands and Mines in 1925 until the defeat of the Liberal government.

In 1926, Dysart succeeded Peter J. Veniot as leader of the Liberal party. In 1935 the Liberals returned to power and Dysart became the 22nd premier of New Brunswick. Dysart also served as his own Minister of Public Works from 1935 to 1938, and Chairman of the New Brunswick Electric Power Commission, from 1938 until his retirement from politics. His government introduced the first Landlord and Tenants Act in 1938 and updated the Labour Relations Act. It attempted to create jobs in the Great Depression through extensive road construction. After suffering from poor health from some time, he led the government to re-election in 1939 and resigned in 1940 to become a County Court Judge of Westmorland and Kent Counties. He served in that position until his retirement in 1955.

His former home in Shediac, New Brunswick is a registered historic place. He lived there from 1943 until his death.

References

[http://www.gnb.ca/legis/leglibbib/Special_Projects/premiers-bios/english/AADysart.pdf Biography, New Brunswick Legislative Library] {{webarchive. link. (2008-12-19)
(October 2, 1982). "Dysart Enjoyed Wide Bipartisan Respect". Daily Gleaner.
(8 Mar 1940). "Dysart Retires; McNair Is New N.B. Premier". The Winnipeg Tribune.
[http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=5521 Albert Allison Dysart Residence]

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